Act. which Mr. NADLER and I have put forth. is a narrow provision that injects transparency into this visa petition process. It amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide a copy of the USCIS visa petition decision to the consulting organization that was required to provide the advisory opinion for that specific petition. Essentially. the organization will be copied on the agency decision. Congress wisely recognized that the opinions of these private stakeholders deserve proper consideration due to their unique expertise in the industry. Congress should further utilize that expertise by authorizing the USCIS to copy these organizations because this will assist in identifying fraud and in protecting American jobs. I was pleased to receive the recent report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that H.R. 3636 will have no significant cost to the taxpayer. In fact. any associated costs will be recouped from fees that are collected by the Department of Homeland Security in the visa application process. Simply put. H.R. 3636 is a model of commonsense. bipartisan legislation that utilizes private sector expertise to improve our governance. I will take this opportunity to note that there are other issues regarding 0 visas that must be addressed. In particular. there are serious concerns that the USCIS decisionmaking process moves far too slowly. This lack of efficiency means that film and television face considerable delays and unnecessary costs. I am committed to working with the committee and the industry to address these issues in the future.
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